*/
    Address getByName ( String hostname, boolean possibleNTDomainOrWorkgroup ) throws UnknownHostException;


    /**
     * Determines the address of a host given it's host name. The name can be a
     * machine name like "jcifs.samba.org", or an IP address like "192.168.1.15".
     *
     * @param hostname
     *            NetBIOS or DNS hostname to resolve
     * @return the found address